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    <center>Scilab function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 13/07/2005</div>
    <p>
      <b>pvm_gsize</b> -   returns the number of members presently in the named group.  </p>
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        <tt>[nb] = pvm_gsize(group)  </tt>
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        <tt>
          <b>group</b>
        </tt>: string, string group name of an existing group.</li>
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          <b>nb</b>
        </tt>: integer, returning the number of members presently in the group.</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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      <tt>
        <b>pvm_gsize</b>
      </tt> returns the size of
    the group named <tt>
        <b>group</b>
      </tt>
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    The returned value <tt>
        <b>nb</b>
      </tt>will be &gt;= 0 if 
    the call is successful and will be 
    will be &lt; 0 if some error occurs.</p>
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    Since groups can change dynamically in PVM 3.0,
    this routine can only guarantee to return the instantaneous
    size of a given group.</p>
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      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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      <a href="pvm_joingroup.htm">
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          <b>pvm_joingroup</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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